Subligny, Cher

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Subligny

Coat of arms
Subligny
Coordinates: 47°24′16″N 2°45′19″E / 47.4044°N 2.7553°E / 47.4044; 2.7553Coordinates: 47°24′16″N 2°45′19″E / 47.4044°N 2.7553°E / 47.4044; 2.7553
Country France
Region Centre
Department Cher
Arrondissement Bourges
Canton Vailly-sur-Sauldre
Intercommunality Cœur du Pays Fort
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Serge Raimbault
Area
 • Land1 17.26 km2 (6.66 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Population2 355
 • Population2 Density 21/km2 (53/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 18256 / 18260
Elevation 217–336 m (712–1,102 ft)
(avg. 220 m or 720 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Subligny is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

An area of forestry and farming comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated in the valley of the river Salereine, about 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D55 with the D57 and D152 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 344—    
1968 405+17.7%
1975 360−11.1%
1982 348−3.3%
1990 320−8.0%
1999 303−5.3%
2008 355+17.2%

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Pierre and two chapels, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • The sixteenth-century château de La Boulaye.
  • An old tithe barn.
  • A seventeenth-century stone cross in the cemetery.

See also

References

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